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CHARLES ,11){SMITH, onjnALTIMOREQMARYLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,443, dated July 7, 1891.

Application filed $optember 18, 1890. Serial 110,365,334- (No model.)

To all whom; it may concern.-

Be it. known that I, CHARLES D. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Files; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and

- exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in that class of paper-files in whlch projecting teeth are provided.

In order to keep the files in a safe place .free from dust, I provide the cabinet A, having the door A, the back of the cabinet and the door each having a hook a and a thereon, respectively, and I also place upon the door an index a to the contents of the file, the said index referring thereto by letters or numbers, as shown, and I hang the one file B to the one above and to the hook a by means of the hanger c of the lower file being caught over the hooked handle d of the lock of the upper file: If it is desired to'examine any paper in any of the files, it is only necessary to find what file such paper may be in by reference to the index and to then lift the files pendent from the desired files therefrom and to hang them upon the hook a.

In Figure l the file has the two teeth E, which have annular serrations e thereon, the

' said plate having a hanger-eye 0, adapted to engage the handle cl upon the lock of the clamping-piece, and this part of the invention is common to all forms shown herein. In the said figure the base-plate is shown as formed of wood, while the clamping-plate (J, having 7 the perforations c therein, slides on the said teeth and carries the locking-bar O in the longitudinal recess 0 therein, the said bar carrying eccentrically upon the opposite ends the lugs 0 which are adapted by a revolution of the bar to be thrown in the perforations 0 or to be thrown out of the said perforations, the hook 01, attached to the center of the bar, working in the transverse slot 0, affording a means for imparting such a motion. It will be noticed that the lugs c ,when

thereto, the Weight revolution of the bar, and that by throwing the lugs outside of the said perforations c A the said clamping-plate will be released. The

teeth E have eyes e formed in their ends, through which cord 6 may be threaded, so that when the papers are drawn off the teeth they will be strung upon the said cord, as shown in Fig. 3, after which the ends of the cord may be tied together, thus binding the papers together.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the base-plate E andclamping-plate O are shown as made of tinned or nickeled ironyand in this case the recess 0 extends diagonally across the clampingplate, so that the locking-bar C will engage the opposite sides of the teeth E, thus holding the clamping-plate the more steadily in position.

In Fig. 5 the recess 0 is shown as being formed of a piece of metal 0 secured to the top of the clamping-plate, while in Fig. 6 the plate itself has its central portion raised, forming a groove in its lower surface, and has its sides bent inward, vthus forming a bottom for the said groove, completing the recess 0 From a comparison of Figs. 5 and 6 it will be seen that the hooked handle 01 of the bar 0' (which is similar to that described in relation to Figs. 1,2, and 3,) is pendentwhen the clamping-plate is locked, thus affording a means whereby another file may be secured of which will assist in holding the bar in a locking position.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 I have also shown another means for stringing the papers-t. 6., each of the teeth E has a central longitudinal base thereon extending from its point (which is to be beveled, as shown) to the lower ends, through which the ends of the cord may be passed, as will be readily understood from an inspection of Fig. 6, in which the cord is shown in dotted lines.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is 1. The combination,with a suitable cabinet, of a series of files, the one depending from the other therein, each of the said files having suitable identifying marks thereon, and an index containing a list of the contents of the I clamping-plate, having lugs eccentrically said files, as described. placed upon its opposite ends, adapted to pro- The combination, with a base-plate, of ject into the said perforations, the said teeth I 5 teeth projecting therefrom, a clamping-plate having central perforations therein,-as de- 5 upon the said teeth, and a locking-bar havscribed.

ing lugs eccentrieally placed upon its ends In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in contained within the said clamping-plate, as presence of two witnesses.

described.

3. The combination, with a baseplate, of S H 10 teeth thereon, a clamping-plate having perfo- Witnesses:

rations therein through which the said teeth V. E. THOMAS,

pass, and a revoluble bar Within the said O. M. BALL. 

